Word: murnau
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TABU 1931; F.W. MURNAU...
...woods, where students exercise every day; get in touch with nature; and eat healthful, fresh foods. There is no McDonald's, no advertising, no unnecessary distractions. This approach, however, takes dedication and money. Unfortunately the financial support we need is rarely forthcoming from the government. Barbara Fischer Murnau-Westried, Germany We shouldn't blame fast-food restaurants for making us as fat as we are, nor should the government get involved and tell us what we can or cannot eat. Common sense is the answer. Instead of driving to the nearest grocery store, take a walk. Dana Sawyer Williamsport, Pennsylvania...
...movie about the making of a legendary silent movie, E. Elias Merhige's atmospheric drama imagines that Max Schreck, the actor who played the Dracula-like Count Orlock in the 1922 classic Nosferatu, really was a vampire. John Malkovich parades in fine, fey style as German director F.W. Murnau, and Dafoe, unrecognizable in Schreck's rodentoid pallor, is a hoot and a horror as the ultimate Method actor...
...homage to the dank nuttiness of filmmaking--and to the notion that movies can suck the life out of those who make them, even as they give life to those who see them. Besides, Dafoe is one fetid mesmerizer. When an actress recoils from doing a scene with Schreck, Murnau lightly advises, "Relax and let the vampire do all the work." Dafoe does that, brilliantly blending comedy with the melancholy of the damned...